“Question & Answer”

Question:
How did Jeremiah himself meet death?
Answer:
Tradition After Jeremiah prophesied that Jerusalem would be handed over to the Babylonian army, the king’s officials, including Pashur the priest, tried to convince King Zedekiah that Jeremiah should be put to death for disheartening the soldiers and the people. Zedekiah allowed them, in Egypt to stone him to death and they cast Jeremiah into a cistern, where he sank down into the mud. Born: c. 650 BC, Anathoth – Died: c. 570 BC, Egypt.